If you were explaining the concept of punishment to another student, the most accurate explanation would be that punishment:
a. increases the probability of an undesirable response
b. has the same effects as negative reinforcement
c. decreases the probability of a response
d. affects the probability of an unconditioned response's occurring in the future
C
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Leptin is a hormone that __________, and ghrelin is a hormone that is responsible for __________.
A. usually leads to decreased food intake; an increase in hunger B. is not related in any way to obesity; metabolic homeostasis C. helps the body regain its set point; recalibrating the set point D. is an appetite stimulator; appetite suppression
One-year-old Van Damn's ability to learn the meaning of words has been greatly enhanced by the fact that his dad, Claude, often points and repeatedly names objects that are around Van Damn. Claude's teaching style best reflects the process of
a. intonation. b. vocabulary spurt. c. joint attention. d. decontextualized language.
When Milgram ran his shock experiments with women giving shock instead of men, what did he find out?
A. Women used social cues to determine when to give shock. B. Women shocked confederates to about the same degree as men. C. Women refused to participate from the start. D. Women were interested in knowing the history of the person being shocked.
Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers are most closely associated with ________ psychology
a) humanistic b) behavioral c) cognitive d) existential